[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 788 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                               H. R.   788

To eliminate the exemption for Congress from the application of certain 
           provisions of Federal law and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1993

  Mr. Neal of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
   referred to the Committees on Education and Labor and Government 
                               Operations

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                                 A BILL


 
To eliminate the exemption for Congress from the application of certain 
           provisions of Federal law and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION. 1. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS; EQUAL PAY.

    (a) Definition.--Section 3(e)(2)(A)(iii) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(e)(2)(A)(iii)) is amended to read 
as follows:
                            ``(iii) in any unit of the legislative 
                        branch of the Government, or in any unit of the 
                        judicial branch of the Government which has 
                        positions in the competitive service,''.
    (b) Coverage.--Section 8 of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 
1989 is repealed.

SEC. 2. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.

    Section 717(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-
16(a)) is amended by striking out ``in those units of the legislative 
and judicial branches of the Federal Government having positions in the 
competitive service'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``in all units of 
the legislative branch of the Federal Government, and in those units of 
the judicial branch of the Federal Government having positions in the 
competitive service''.

SEC. 3. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY AND AGE DISCRIMINATION.

    Section 552(f) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``or'' before ``any independent'' and by inserting before 
the period a comma and the following: ``or any unit of the legislative 
branch of the Federal Government''.

SEC. 4. AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1967.

    Section 11(b) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 
(29 U.S.C. 630(b)) is amended (1) by striking out ``and'' before 
``(2)'', (2) by inserting before ``but'' the following: ``and (3) the 
United States Government'', and (3) by striking out ``the United 
States, or''.

SEC. 5. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH.

    (a) Definition of Employer.--Section 3(5) of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 652(5)) is amended by striking 
out ``but does not include the United States or'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``and does include the United States (including any unit of the 
legislative branch of the Federal Government) but does not include''.
    (b) Definition of Employee.--Section 3(6) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
652(6)) is amended by inserting before the period a comma and the 
following: ``and the employees of the United States (including any unit 
of the legislative branch of the Federal Government) shall be deemed to 
be employed in a business affecting commerce for the purpose of this 
Act''.

SEC. 6. AGE DISCRIMINATION.

    Section 309(3) of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 
6107) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``and 
the Congress''.

SEC. 7. LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

    Section 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(2)) 
is amended by striking out ``but shall not include the United States'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``and includes the United 
States, and any unit of the legislative branch of the Federal 
Government, but shall not include''.

SEC. 8. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990.

    Section 101(5)(B) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12111(5)(B)) is amended by striking out ``the United 
States,''.

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